Hazelwood West Tires in Overtime Against Howell Central, Rozycki’s Blast Claims Sectional Victory
Spartans and Wilcats go scoreless through regulation and two overtimes, before senior’s goal in seventh round of penalty kicks ends West’s season and sends Central to state quarterfinals.
O’FALLON–Despite being the Spartans leading goal-scorer this season, Francis Howell Central High School senior Stephen Rozycki is not normally one of the players coach Derek Phillips would choose to take a penalty kick at the end of a game. This is not because Rozycki isn’t good at it, but because some of his Howell Central teammates seem to have a stronger propensity for making them when they take them. But Wednesday, the Class 3 sectional playoff game at Ft. Zumwalt South’s Jack Ball Stadium remained tied after six rounds of penalty kicks. It was at that time that Rozycki stepped up and calmly smashed a shot past Hazelwood West goalkeeper Nick Ehlers that gave the Spartans a 4-3 edge in penalty kicks and a nail-biting victory against the…
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